Title: Phase One: The Glitch King

Leo Vance was supposed to leave the OR with a clean bill of health. Instead, a catastrophic surgical malfunction—triggered by a freak solar pulse—shattered his molecular stability. Now, Leo is a walking anomaly, a sixteen-year-old kid who can "phase" his body into scorching plasma, intangible shadows, or jagged lightning. But the corporation behind the surgery, Aethelgard Dynamics, views Leo as their greatest accidental invention rather than a human being. To cover their tracks and harvest his DNA, they’ve activated The Century Protocol: a hit list of 100 specialized "bounty hunters" ranging from bio-engineered freaks to high-tech assassins. From the neon-soaked rooftops to the decaying industrial underground, Leo is a hunted man. Every time he switches forms, he risks his mind fraying further, but with a literal army of custom-built killers closing in, "safety" is a luxury he can no longer afford. He isn't just fighting to stay alive; he’s fighting to stay human.